Pua minyak: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Pua minyak in Malaysia is the name of a plant defined with Alpinia vitellina in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Languas cannifolia (Ridl.) Burkill (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew (1935)
· Asiatic Researches (1810)
· Novon (1996)
· Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (1899)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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